San Francisco Sentinel February 23, 1990 Street Talk And the Nominees Are By Doris Fish Bet you thought I meant the Oscars. No, it’s our own Outstanding Cable Car Awards! You can imagine my excitement, when for ten years I’ve been totally ignored, and now I find myself nominated for “Entertainer of…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel February 16, 1990 Street Talk Meanwhile, on the Other Side of the Planet By Doris Fish In the land of Oz, in sunny Sydney, it’s Mardi Gras time. Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, that is. The whole city goes almost gay for a month-long celebration with art showings, cultural…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel Arts February 9, 1990 Chaos at Court By Doris Fish Sentinel Arts Writer Imperial politics imperil the Empress! Or rather the most vocal candidate, Vinnie. It seems she has been aggressively courting the friends and followers of rejected candidates Ggreg (“2 ‘g’s like Lloyd) Taylor, and Miss Romé. Her efforts…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel February 2, 1990 Street Talk Dear Doris… By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer The letters have been piling up and it’s time to air them out before they get too passé. Manny, a native of West Germany now in town, writes, “What do you do about sweaty strumphosen?”…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel October 25, 1990 Street Talk By Doris Fish ‘So Long For Now’ Not a word. Sometimes I sit here for an hour and nothing happens. But I bless the cosmos for this wonderful chance to enlighten and annoy my friends and fellow readers. This week marks the completion…
DetailsSAN FRANCISCO SENTINEL October 18, 1990 Street Talk “Let’s Bite Each Other’s Tails Off” By Doris Fish There’s a heartbreaking phenomenon – one often reads in the tales of farm animal abuse; the victims will attack each other. Chickens peck each other to death to get a little space and pigs, too…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel October 4, 1990 Street Talk Did I Say Something Wrong? By Doris Fish Gosh, I’m not so sure I like all this attention. Still, I stuck my neck out, so I have only myself to blame! While I take some delight in causing a little stir, I’m a real…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel September 13, 1990 Street Talk Here She Is! Miss Jersey Street! By Doris Fish It would be pretty hard to write about the ‘Miss Jersey Street’ contest without mentioning Jean Marie Helmick, even though she begged me not to put her name in this paper. She describes herself as “one…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel Street Talk August 30, 1990 Wicked, Wicked Friends By Doris Fish Is your favorite friend the worst person you know? Until his death nobody was wickeder than Tommy Pace. But he was so beloved that his naughty antics were tolerated even by the victims. One tale I heard was…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel August 23, 1990 Street Talk Behind the Scenes By Doris Fish You have no idea how dull my life can get. At my age it’s often a delight to be bored and not to move for hours at a time, but it does bring back memories of busier days. …
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